[FONT=Verdana]Exploring the Bible[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana]- [B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 50:10 . .When they came to Gorena ha-Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they held there a very great and solemn lamentation; and he observed a mourning period of seven days for his father.[/B] A geographic location described as "beyond the Jordan" suggests the east side of the river but the term is ambiguous and can just as easily mean west (e.g. Deut 3:18-20). The Hebrew word for Gorena is [I]goren [/I](go'-ren) ...